212. Exercise can replace many medicines. But no medicine in the world can replace exercise.
125. By doing nothing, people learn to do evil. (Latin proverb)
60. Success gives many things, but not friends. (J. La Bruyère)
237. When the state is governed according to reason, poverty and want are shameful; When a state is not governed according to reason, riches and honors are shameful. (Confucius)
149. There are countries that were once rich and were reduced to near-deserts, but such events were too clearly dependent on economic mismanagement. (S. A. Podolinsky)
97. Cunning is a sign of a narrow-minded mind. (F. La Rochefoucauld)
232. When there are too many helmsmen, the ship will be stranded. (A. Fayol)
91. All malice is the result of weakness.
219. To be happy, one must constantly strive for this happiness and accept it. It depends not on circumstances, but on oneself.
117. To err in nothing is a characteristic of the gods. (Demosthenes)
227. Titles and honors are invented for those whose services to the country are indisputable, but unknown to the people of that country. (B. Shaw)
24. Remorse begins where impunity ends. (K. Helvetsky)
126. He who does nothing himself loves to lecture others. (Mongolian proverb)
198. There are people who prefer to think about bees stinging than about them producing honey. (E. Krotky)
50. Although we think we live in a democracy, over time it will turn out to be an oligarchy at best, and a fascist regime at worst, since money in the hands of an ever-increasing number of people cannot be politically controlled. (Margrit Kennedy)
65. Do not argue with chatterboxes: speech is given to everyone, reason to few. (A. Claudius)
245. War… is just for those for whom it is inevitable, and arms are pious in the hands of those who have no hope left. (Machiavelli, The Prince)
209. Before jumping to conclusions, make sure you're looking at things from the other side.
195. Through art, spirit speaks to spirit; matter is only the avenue through which communication takes place. (G. Grimm)
223. If one or two kind words can make a person happy, one would have to be a scoundrel to deny them. (T. Penn)
92. A lie is a very inadequate substitute for the truth, yet it is still widely circulated among people. (M. Larney)
13. If people achieve inner harmony, they will achieve harmony in the family, and if they achieve harmony in the family, harmony will reign in the state.
38. He who does not punish evil contributes to its commission. (L. da Vinci)
143. It often happens that it is better to ignore an insult than to avenge it later.
168. Let generosity never exceed opportunity. (Publius Syrus)
213. Those whom medicines don't cure, nature cures.
248. It is incorrect to call the planet Earth, since most of it is ocean, not land. 42. Violence feeds on submission, like fire on straw. (V. Korolenko)
40. You cannot make a villain good. No matter how much you wash your anus, it will not become an eye. (Vedas)
192. We are never so grateful for anything as for gratitude. (M. Ebner-Eschenbach)
88. Laziness, like rust, corrodes faster than labor wears it out. (B. Franklin)
21. All the fine feelings in the world weigh less than one good deed. (D. Lowell)
14. Any human action that conflicts with moral principles does not go unpunished: if you take, it will be taken from you; if you give, it will be given to you; if you do nothing, nothing will be done to you; If you destroy, you will be destroyed; if you create, you will be created for. Where you begin, so will you end, and if you do not witness the retribution yourself, your children and grandchildren will.
153. There are two paths to rise in this world: through one's own hard work or at the expense of others' stupidity.
210. A man digs his own grave with a knife and fork. (Old proverb)
118. Reason is given to man so that he may live wisely, and not merely so that he may see that he lives foolishly. (V. Belinsky)
203. The effort a person makes to conceal their shortcomings is greater than the effort needed to get rid of them.
191. Trust given usually evokes loyalty in return. (T. Livy)
180. Ideas can be neutralized only by ideas.
202. A promising person promises much, but delivers nothing.
200. A person is like a fraction: its numerator is what he is, and the denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
87. Laziness is the daughter of wealth and the mother of poverty. (A. Decoussal)
188. Human relationships are a mutually beneficial egoism.
181. The madness of one is an aberration, the madness of the crowd is fashion.
124. He who fans the flames of strife and stirs up the firebrands should not complain if sparks fall in his face.
206. Change your opinions, keep your principles: change your leaves, keep your roots. (Victor Hugo)
189. We like other people's things better, others like ours. (Publius Syrus)
134. Good taste speaks less of intelligence than of clarity of judgment. (F. La Rochefoucauld)
121. A special kind of slavery, both in society and in the family, is spiritual slavery, when the strong will of one paralyzes the will of another, turning them into unthinking stand-ins.
161. People are born to help each other, as a hand helps a hand, a foot helps a foot, and the upper jaw helps the lower. (M. Aurelius)
211. You can't heal the body without healing the soul. (Socrates)
208. No amount of reasoning can show a person a path he does not want to see. (R. Rolland)
25. Life is not so short that people do not have time for politeness. (R. Emerson)
33. Two things make a man godlike: living for the good of society and truthfulness. (Pythagoras)
164. He who wants, does; he who does not, shows off. (N. Vekshin)
233. A capable administrator will propose or carry out the transfer of personnel, changes in reporting, restructuring of the apparatus, etc. (V. I. Lenin)
205. Man really is like a monkey: the higher he climbs, the more he shows his backside.
6. Schoolteachers wield power that prime ministers can only dream of. (W. Churchill)
100. Wealth is the savings of many in the hands of one. (Y. Tuwim)
123. There is nothing more shameful than being useless to society and to oneself, and having the intelligence to do nothing.
103. An oath is a guarantee, useless with honest people and deceptive with others. (A. Decourcelle)
16. He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, and he who gives to the rich, will become poor. (Bible, Proverbs, Chapter 22:16)
64. The worse the wheel, the louder it creaks. (A. Rivarol)
34. Do not fear your enemies: at worst, they can kill you. Do not fear your friends: at worst, they can betray you. Fear the indifferent, for with their tacit consent, treason and murder exist on earth. (B. Jasensky)
95. The surest sign of truth is simplicity and clarity. A lie is always complex, pretentious, and verbose. (L. Tolstoy)
89. The lazy are always planning to do something. (L. Vauvenargues)
52. A wise man demands everything only of himself, but a worthless man demands everything from others. (Chinese Proverb)
115. If you trust too much, you can be deceived, but if you trust too little, you condemn yourself to constant torment. (B. Crane)
113. People are lonely because instead of bridges, they build walls. (NN)
135. He who has the courage to confess his actions must find peace. (F. La Rochefoucauld)
69. Brevity is the sister of wit. (A. Chekhov)
43. A thief is not only someone who illegally took what they need, but also someone who keeps what they don't need for themselves, not giving it to others.
36. Unpunished evil increases. (Vedas)
142. I treat people well because I expect nothing good from them. (O. Brik)
172. There are two incentives to work in the broad sense of the word: need, the sad necessity of working for a living, the curse of labor inflicted on the seed of Adam, condemned to eat their daily bread by the sweat of their brow. And there is another incentive: the thirst for interesting, enjoyable, exciting work—work that provides inner satisfaction. Such work "to the soul" is usually creative work in the broadest sense. (V. Vorovsky)
39. For evil to triumph, only one condition is necessary: for good people to sit idle. (E. Burke)
83. It is typical of a bad person to praise and criticize the same things. (Latin proverb)
225. In the day of prosperity, make use of the good, but in the day of adversity, reflect. (Ecclesiastes 7:14)
175. Time hates to be wasted. (Henry Ford)
193. We are religious enough to hate each other, but not religious enough to love each other. (D. Swift)
119. You call yourself free. Free from what, or free for what? (F. Nietzsche)
58. When self-interest is the only motive, malice multiplies.
246. And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. (John 8:32)
109. Only fools and the dead never change their minds. (D. Lowam)
112. You cannot belittle a person without being humbled by him. (D. Washington)
221. After those who occupy the highest positions, I know of no more unhappy people than those who envy them. (F. Maintenon)
59. If you feel no love for others, sit quietly.
243. Cooperation, not competition, must be the motto of humanity if humanity is to survive. (Margrit Kennedy)
138. Victories are prepared before battles begin.
183. What the soul desires, the hands will follow.
49. Whose army is the strongest is the peacemaker.
158. A person is his own creditor and the issuing center of his money, or rather, the subject of his energetic obligations to others. (V.P.)
122. Parents work, children enjoy life, grandchildren are beggars. (Japanese proverb)
132. The awareness of one's own strength multiplies it. (J. La Bruyère)
169. All my efforts have been aimed at reducing stupidity and increasing honesty in people. (Walter)
62. Saying is not doing. (Publilius Syrus)
15. The thoughts of living beings are similar – they all strive for what is pleasant and avert what is unpleasant. Understand this and do not do to others what you yourself do not desire. (Vedas)
139. What you sow in youth, you will reap in maturity. (G. Ibsen)
167. Generosity consists not in giving a lot, but in giving at the right time. (J. La Bruyère)
79. Life is a comedy for him who thinks, and a tragedy for him who feels. (Epicurus)
201. As soon as an action is explained by complex reasoning, be sure that it is bad. (L. Tolstoy)
217. One of the most astonishing misconceptions is the misconception that happiness lies in doing nothing.
80. It is easy to criticize an author, difficult to appreciate him. (J. La Bruyère)
136. It is easier to say a new word than to reconcile words already spoken. (J. La Bruyère)
137. Wisdom has no need of violence.
57. A noble man knows only duty, a base man knows only self-interest. (Confucius)
17. What people call fate is, in essence, only the sum of their own stupid actions. (A. Schopenhauer)
68. Don't talk about triumph before victory. (Publius Syrus)
163. Each person is like a letter in the alphabet; to form a word, one must merge with others. (O. Maldestam)
204. Flattery is the honey and seasoning in all communication between people. (Erasmus of Rotterdam)
48. If swindlers knew all the advantages of honesty, they would stop cheating for profit.
151. Agriculture depletes the soil only when it is conducted unwisely, in a predatory manner. (S. A. Podolinsky)
84. Ignorance is the twilight where evil lurks. (V. Hugo)
184. You work for others, but the skill remains with you. (Kyrgyz proverb)
244. The greatest obstacle to transforming the monetary system is the fact that very few understand the problem, and even fewer know that a solution exists. (Margrit Kennedy)
179. Ideas become a material force if they take hold of the masses.
178. The invasion of armies can be resisted, but the invasion of ideas cannot be resisted.
54. A noble man blames himself, a mean man blames others. (Confucius)
4. Destroy the social side of a person, and you'll get a ferocious orangutan. (A. Herzen)
120. Family interests almost always ruin public interests.
222. Of all the paths that lead to happiness, the surest are work and perseverance. (L. Reybaud)
230. Diligence is the mother of success. (M. Cervantes)
5. We give advice by the bucketful and take it by the drop.
7. Once you've silenced a man, you haven't convinced him. (D. Morley)
190. The better the means of communication, the further man is from man. (J. Kurek)
61. Before you say something to others, say it to yourself.
90. Anger is a momentary madness.
46. Any skirmish with a deaf-mute, an idiot, or a teenager is fraught with anxiety, for you are responsible for it, but they are not. (Mishnah)
37. The greatest encouragement to crime is impunity. (Cicero)
31. Admit a wise man to a banquet, and he will immediately confuse everyone with sullen silence or inappropriate questions. (Erasmus of Rotterdam)
3. The well-being of a people, the optimal structure of society, and the future of a country are determined by the existing level of community, which should be fostered by the system of upbringing and education. Without community, there will be nothing.
1. We have little faith in what we find unpleasant to believe. (Ovid)
44. If you do a good deed with difficulty, the difficulty will pass, but the good will remain. But if you do a bad deed with pleasure, the pleasure will pass, but the bad will remain. (M. Lomonosov)
228. True glory consists in doing what is worth doing and writing what is worth reading. (Pliny)
114. Foolish people believe in luck, strong people in cause and effect. (R. Emerson)
104. Those who wear blinders should remember that the kit also includes a bit and a whip. (E. Lets)
41. When a thief, caught by Demosthenes, said to him, "I didn't know this was yours," Demosthenes replied, "But you knew it wasn't yours." (Demosthenes)
199. There are people who do something decent – and smugly tell the whole world about it. And thus they remain pleasantly busy their entire lives. (V. Belinsky)
28. Gratitude is the result of a high level of moral development. You will not find it among ill-mannered people. (S. Johnson)
72. Where style is obscure, error reigns. (A. Rivarol)
128. Never hold people by the button or the hand to make them listen to you; if they don't want to listen to you, better hold your tongue. (F. Chesterton)
19. Virtue and vice, moral good and evil, in all countries are determined by whether a given phenomenon is useful or harmful to society. (Voltaire)
170. If there is the highest of pleasures, it is the pleasure of creation. (N. Gogol)
51. All the world's problems arise from the fact that fools and fanatics are always overconfident, while intelligent people are full of doubts. (Bernard Russell)
82. You do harm if you praise; but even more harm if you criticize what you yourself understand little about. (L. da Vinci)
187. People could not live in society if they did not lead each other by the nose. (Laroche Foucault)
53. A wise man differs from a fool in that he thinks to the end. (A. Maikov)
231. The voice of a clear conscience is sweeter than a hundred voices of glory.
140. If strength is united with justice, what could be stronger than this union? (Eskil)
75. A man who does not think about what may happen in the future will certainly soon encounter sorrows. (Confucius)
236. If the state is governed correctly, poverty and low birth are shameful. If the state is governed incorrectly, then poverty and high birth are also shameful. (Confucius)
71. A clear mind gives to the soul what health gives to the body. (J. La Bruyère)
234. To govern a multitude of people, it is better to be humane than arrogant, and better to be merciful than cruel. (N. Machiavelli)
86. No one hurries others like the lazy: having indulged their laziness, they want to seem diligent. (F. La Rochefoucauld)
159. Weak people wait for favorable opportunities, strong people create them. (A. Afinogenov)
78. The same means that enable a man to become rich prevent him from enjoying his wealth. (B. Pascal)
196. A family is a group of people united by blood ties and divided over money matters. (E. Ray)
171. He who has experienced the joy of creativity, for him all other pleasures no longer exist. (A. Chekhov)
55. The fact that someone is worse than you does not make you better. (V. Borisov)
45. If you try to please everyone, you will end up pleasing no one. (A. Graf)
147. The people need not abstract ideas, but truisms. (A. Rivarol)
127. When busy, people speak only when they have something to say, but when idle, the need to talk incessantly arises.
27. Nothing costs us so little and is valued so highly as politeness. (M. Cervantes)
93. A lie does not cease to be a lie because millions of people use it. (Leo Tolstoy)
156. Our purpose is not to seek better situations elsewhere, but to make better the ones we find ourselves in.
56. Referring to the bad actions of others is like washing yourself in mud. (J. Pshi-Sen)
216. Happiness, like health, is there when you don't notice it.
131. The ability to speak distinguishes people from the animal world; the ability to remain silent distinguishes man from the world of men. (G. Landau)
239. Rulers need wise men far more than wise men need rulers.
12. Disrespect for ancestors is the first sign of immorality.
182. Everyone can find freedom if only they know how to limit themselves and find themselves. (W. Goethe)
96. Insults are the arguments of the unjust.
98. Cunning helps only once, and then only hinders.
247. Nature knows no goals; it can only count results. (S. A. Podolinsky)
173. Labor is the consumption of mechanical and mental work accumulated in the body, which results in an increase in the amount of convertible energy on the earth's surface. (S. A. Podolinsky)
146. Our dignity lies not in the mastery of space, but in the ability to think rationally. I do not become richer, no matter how much land I acquire, because with space the Universe embraces and absorbs me, but with thought I embrace the Universe. (B. Pascal)
214. Happiness makes friends, misfortune tests them. (Publius Syrus)
154. We have no right to consume happiness without producing it. (Bernard Shaw)
141. Hate the bad in a person, but love him. (L. Tolstoy)
85. Hatred and flattery are the pitfalls on which truth is broken.
148. All information should be adapted to the perception of society.
74. A person who tries to change others is wasting his time if he has not started with himself. (I. Loyola)
20. A good deed is performed with effort; but when the effort is repeated several times, it becomes a habit.
242. The whole secret of business is to know something that no one else knows. (A. Onassis)
66. Everyone complains about their memory, but no one complains about their mind. (F. La Rochefoucauld)
166. Do you know what you must do to keep up? You must move forward.
29. He who does not commit injustice is honorable; but more honorable is he who does not allow others to commit injustice. (Plato)
174. God gave us relatives; thank God that we can choose our friends.
106. Learning is most intolerable in a fool.
107. He who asks nothing will learn nothing. (T. Fuller)
22. The reward for a good deed is its performance.
67. A person's character has more flaws than his mind. (F. La Rochefoucauld)
194. The criterion of truth is experience. (T. Campanella)
162. With agreement, small things grow; without agreement, great things collapse. (Sallust)
2. It's difficult to add new thoughts to a head full of stereotypes.
32. If anyone wants to rebel alone against the universe, I advise him to flee, as Timon did, into the desert and there, in solitude, enjoy his wisdom. (Erasmus of Rotterdam)
145. One of the first precautions is to balance desires and possibilities. (S. Mikhalkov)
99. Excessive pride is the sign of a worthless soul. (I. Turgenev)
70. The path of precepts is long, but short and successful is example. (Seneca)
207. If weapons breed crime, then pencils breed grammatical errors.
101. If you are told, "My wealth was acquired through hard work," ask, "Whose?" (Don Marquis)
111. A person who cannot sacrifice the personal for the sake of a greater goal will achieve nothing in life.
226. If the amount of energy conserved always corresponded to all the needs of all people, then, of course, there would be neither want nor distress on Earth. (S. A. Podolinsky)
224. Even those who want to make others happy by force are oppressors. (D. Eremić)
129. Whatever others think of you, do what you think is right. (Pythagoras)
26. Politeness is the hygiene of human relations. (A. Kruglov)
9. Better to learn late than never. (Aesop)
235. To govern people, one needs intelligence. (N. Chamfort)
11. The amount of convertible energy introduced by a teacher into the budget of humanity can be quite significant. Suppose that, by teaching the peasants of his community arithmetic, the teacher frees them from a whole series of petty deceptions. (S. A. Podolinsky)
241. If you demand a reward that exceeds your merits and it is refused, blame yourself, for you asked for more than your due. (Abu al-Faraj)
77. He who has not found it in himself will find no peace anywhere. (F. La Rochefoucauld)
133. Success depends largely on the state of one's own spirit, on the firmness of one's intentions, and on the inflexibility of one's character.
10. The function of science in the life of society is to ensure governance in all areas of social activity in accordance with a specific concept given to society by the holders of conceptual power. (USSR Supreme Soviet)
220. The fool seeks happiness afar; the wise man cultivates it close to him. (R. Oppenheim)
8. The only condition on which success depends is patience. (L. Tolstoy)
94. When a person has embarked on the path of deception, he is inevitably forced to pile one lie upon another.
73. When too much energy is spent on promises, too little remains for fulfillment. (K. Simonov)
130. Do well, and let them say what they want. (A. Dumas, père)
177. Nothing travels faster than word of mouth. (Seneca)
47. We are just when we are not self-interested! (B. Constant)
160. Each person should be expected to give what he can.
63. Language is our tool; when using it, we must take care that its springs do not creak. (A. Rivarol)
76. And before consulting with whim, consult with your purse. (Benjamin Franklin)
152. Only a society with a desire to quickly accumulate energy can move forward quickly. (S. A. Podolinsky)
23. Let him who has done a good deed be silent. Let him who has received it speak. (Seneca)
116. A fool pursues pleasures and finds them; a wise man only avoids grief. (A. Schopenhauer)
186. Today, as soon as you approach a door, it opens automatically; as soon as you approach a person, he automatically closes. (P. Salvorsen)
238. To govern is to do right. If in governing you do right, who will dare to do wrong? (Confucius)
229. If you don't succeed right away, try again and again. And then calm down and live for your own pleasure. (K. Fields)
185. A recession is when your neighbor loses his job; a crisis is when you lose your job. (H. Truman)
110. If no one loves you, rest assured it is your own fault. (F. Doddridge)
176. Time is money.
215. Carelessness is most often the source of misfortune. (P. Velleius)
105. Folly never crosses boundaries. Wherever it steps, there lies its territory. (E. Lets)
165. He who wants to do something finds a means. He who does not want to do anything finds an excuse. (Arabic proverb)
197. People are stubborn; they disagree with the most sound judgments not from a lack of insight, but from an excess of pride: they see that the front ranks in a just cause are taken, and they don't want to occupy the back.
18. You must make good out of evil, because there is nothing else to make it out of. (R. Warren)
157. "We have what we need if we use what we have." (Dr. Edgar Kahn)
240. Desire is the measure of value. (B. Gracian)
102. For most people, conscience is nothing more than a fear of the opinions of others. (D. Taylor)
81. To criticize is to show the author that he does not do what I would do if I knew how. (K. Čapek)
35. The crime of the wicked is a temptation for many. (W. Feder)
144. Moderation multiplies the joys of life. (Democritus)
150. If a society bases its well-being and development on a limited, constantly diminishing resource, then a global problem of the sustainability of human development arises. (S. A. Podolinsky)
218. By caring for the happiness of others, we find our own. (Plato)
108. No one is smart enough alone. (Titus Plautus)
155. A person can only claim as much joy and happiness as he gives to others.
30. Mercy is preferable to justice.